Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011 Oct 2;8:107. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-107.
This study investigated the associations of physical characteristics and personality in adolescence with physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adulthood.
Physical characteristics (i.e. objectively measured BMI, sum of skin folds, MOPER test battery performance), and personality (i.e. self-reported inadequacy, social inadequacy, rigidity, self-sufficiency/recalcitrance, dominance, achievement motivation, facilitating anxiety, debilitating anxiety, and social desirability) were assessed in 217 adolescent boys (Mean 13.0, SD 0.6) and girls (Mean 12.9, SD 0.6). Twenty-nine years later, at the age of 42, their physical activity and sedentary behaviour were assessed by means of accelerometry. Boys who scored lower on self-sufficiency/recalcitrance and higher on facilitating anxiety spent more time sedentary in adulthood. Girls with a superior standing high jump performance, and a lower score on social desirability spent more time sedentary in adulthood. In contrast with sedentary behaviour, physical activity at age 42 year could not be predicted by physical characteristics or personality in adolescence.
Sedentary behaviour in adulthood was partly explained by physical characteristics and/or personality in adolescence. Thus, our results suggest that it may be possible to identify people who are at risk of becoming sedentary at a rather young age.
本研究旨在探讨青少年时期的身体特征和个性与成年后体力活动和久坐行为的关系。
在 217 名青少年男孩（平均年龄 13.0，标准差 0.6）和女孩（平均年龄 12.9，标准差 0.6）中，评估了身体特征（即客观测量的 BMI、皮褶总和、MOPER 测试电池性能）和个性（即自我报告的不称职、社交不称职、僵化、自给自足/固执、支配、成就动机、促进焦虑、衰弱焦虑和社交期望）。29 年后，在他们 42 岁时，通过加速度计评估他们的体力活动和久坐行为。自我效能感/固执得分较低、促进焦虑得分较高的男孩在成年后久坐时间较长。站立式跳高成绩较好、社交期望得分较低的女孩在成年后久坐时间较长。与久坐行为不同，42 岁时的体力活动无法通过青少年时期的身体特征或个性来预测。
成年后的久坐行为部分可以用青少年时期的身体特征和/或个性来解释。因此，我们的结果表明，有可能识别出那些在相当年轻的时候就有久坐风险的人。
